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Thanks for the help. I turned on the liveliner and turned the shaft and yes it turns

Yeah, the secondary drag isn't able to be adjusted. I can turn the knob and nothing happens. Its so loose its not funny, may as well be free spool, basically defeated the purpose. Its already in peices, Ive completely stripped it apart. Its second hand, with 5 day warrenty. I found a brake in the plastic but ive fixed that and it wasn't that important. Im thinking something isn't engaging properly. I noticed there are 2 sets of drag washers, one on the top of the spool and one on the bottom, which one controls the baitrunner? Im guessing its the bottom? Or is it like the slammer, I think it has 2 drags as wel, but I cant rember and don't want to pop it open again. I have completely stripped the reel down to bare bits and am in the middle of regreasing and putting it back together, so im stumped wht the problem could be.

bought second hand for pretty cheap. Do have 5 day warrenty though.

I just got my spinfisher v but the secondary drag isn't working properly. For some reason no matter how far left of right you turn it, it makes no difference to the secondary drag. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Zodias is good, I really like my TD hyper to, have it pared with a nasci, I also have the older style taipan, easily one of my favorite rods, it's light, casts well and has a lot of power for the weight.

Thanks for the tip. Just a sigle hook through the nose? They tend to inhale their food, its a trait of all tuna isnt it?

yeah, thoes are mesnt to be good. I have 2, one for free diving shallow warmer water/ surfing and then another for freediving deeper water

Thanks. ill try and grab some live baits, thanks for the tip. do you recomend drifting around with the bait or slow trolling? the reason for the flashers i through was just to give the dead bait a bit more appeal. Im guessing a snell rig? thanks for the tip abolut outriggers, thats handy to know, didn't think of that before. Yeah I always keep the deck clean. thanks again for the advice

like at the mouth of the rivers? Ahh, any specific weight? Yeah I know theyre in nelson bay at the moment, theres still supposed to be some hanging around around sydney at the moment. Yep, a couple of months ago they were an absolute plauge in the harbour lol how do you handle them in the yak? I plan to have a bag in/on the front hatch, so i guess that makes it easier to deal with them? they dont have teeth right? excluding dogtooth. I guess bonito can go in the centre hatch lol. I seem to be an expert in stuffing things in there and never been able to get them back out.

The reel sounds about right, your going to want a 30w, personally id be going a Tyrnos. As for the rod, id go a bit longer, like a penn prevail 10ft 15-24kg rod. as for the baloons, your going to need favorable conditions, if you can id be going a drone as they open the window for fishing less favorable conditions. Another option would be to get a overhead reel that is cabable of casting - though personally id still be going the drone. 50 lbs should be fine, id be putting some backing on so you dont have such a large investment in line. If you do want a large amount of braid, look at ashconfish, I use it on my shark reels, they come in bulk for a reasoable price.

Now those are some decent snapper. Congrats.

Sorry to ask this, I'm not asking for anyone's spots, though some recommendations would be awesome. Since I've upgraded the kayak, I'm starting to venture further out. And now I'm looking to catch my first tuna. Not to fussed on species, and obviously not chasing any monsters. Targets are long tail, bonito, Mac, skip jack, yellow fin, ect. I understand the risks of tangling with these species but I'm prepared for worst case capsizing and I have been coordinating with multiple people who are interested as well. My questions are, what kind of areas can I chase tuna, what seasons. Obviously they can be in deep water or shallow water but curious what's like the sweet spot. Then how do you rig for them, I was thinking flasher rigs with Pilli or yellow tail, live bait, and trolling lures, just like a mixture of these. But how do you rig up for these, keeping in mind im not targeting monsters so would rather be broken off than deal with something big. Finally any safety tips and advice.was thinking put riggers, keeping the kayak as light as possible. Staying within reasonable distance of the group, life jacket. As it's cold and maybe risk of hypothermia if things go really south, wet suit? Thanks for the info

I quite like the penn allegiance and also very happy with the shimano aerowave and taipan.

I've been looking at getting more into live baiting and the ins and outs of the gear around that. Not looking at getting any my self, but interested in what type of gear people have. There's obviously different target species, so it would be helpful if you could please mention the target species on that setup. And wether people use overhead or spinning. And also curious about baitrunners/ liveliners and how they live bait. I've never personally used one so interested as to what people use them for and how they find them. For me personally I prefer a lever drag for live baiting as It's easy to adjust the drag. For sheltered waters I use a squall 50 vsw on a roller tip rod, dripping yakkas for king's. I know it's big and bulky but for what I want I quite enjoy it. Offshore on the kayak is where the battle 2 or slammer or spinfisher come out on a 15kg Penn rod. All of them work well, but prefer the spinfisher the most. Thanks for your opinions and different options I'm curious about what other use as I'm just new to this live baiting thing. Also any info about live baiting with bait runners would be great

Congrats, thats a great fish. lot better than what I magaed to get yesterday, went up past crosslands in search of new crabbing spots. ended up with some mullet jumping in the kayak. What time time you go back? I saw a long white kayak coming up the river to the boat ramp at around 5/5:30

Have you tried dry lube on your seized zipper? I use a quick bit of wd40 or silicon spray to get it to budge, then rub the stick of dry lube on it, works great for me. Ive covered all the rippers on my tackle bag with it and they havent seized since 2018, ill admit it never comes on the kayaks, clostest to the water it ever comes is the warf or the beach. Hope it helps. I think it forms a sort of protective layer. I keep topping it up like every year.

I just got a $20 voucher, I get something like every 2 months. I'm pretty happy about it. I don't really shop with them all that much only for convenience.

Ahh, sweet I'll get some inox. The hatches are weird, it's an absolute pain to close and open them until they are sprayed. Might think about replacing them though the back one which is the harder one to open and close is definitely pretty new. I'm getting ready to print one that will fit into the hatch and is suspended. Do you think a net on the inside of the hatch like stuck right on the bottom is a good idea like the PA has to put pliers and stuff in. Also do you recommend a create or the ticket launcher rod holders? Create means I cant really trawl with 2 rods but it does mean more storage for other things, or the rod rack means I can trawl, live bait, put the net and gaff in there. Considering I already do have a crate for the other kayak but I've only use it 2 times and I never actually stored anything in it. So I'm considering it it's even useful. What do people store in their crate?

Ahh alright. So the flat blade is just an attachment right? Will do, abs is the same stuff Lego is made of. Will do.

Yeah it came with a box of them lol. But thanks. Also do you recon I could just melt 3d printed scraps of abs plastic? Wouldn't you need a like flat head for the soldering iron? Would've thought the nose is a bit pointy to do a nice even job? Ahh thanks for the tip with the cable ties, that's helpful to know.

Thanks 🎉 so excited to take it out. Done the calculations at about $25 for the rod holders and a couple of hours of work.yeah but with only 2 flush mount and no where to put a net it's a little hard. But I'm looking at moving the rails over form the old kayak. Probably my favourite part of the kayak is the weight, I can pick it up and move it around with ease. The worst part is definitely the hatches, I busy open my knuckles trying to open them everytime and put blood all through the kayak, just ruins the day. The seats comfortable, it's a little squeezy but I'm pretty tall. I find I like the seak more for other things like rivers and estuaries as it's got more primary stability and U can move around and stand in it and over pack the crap out of it with food, as those who've paddled with me know, in always snacking on something lol. It's hard when you have to pack a simple meal but you love cooking so you bring a stove to cook a steak on the kayak 🤣. Any tips to lube these hatches, I've tried lithium spray, now silicon spray, going to try dry lube if that doesn't work. Unfortunately the revo can't fit the rectangular hatch. Worst comes to worst. If it's rough coming back in, I can get my rods in the front hatch. Im coming up with a blocker to stop stuff from rolling around to much when inside the kayak. Yeah I guess so, you'd think maybe like $60 to $100 max, but no $300 to $500 🤬 im going to see if I can grab one from a kayak place on special for $150 or trade my commercial grade tuna bag for something smaller. I bought some leashes for like $1 each and they're really good. I'll make some diy ones for cheaper stuff like the net and stuff if I need. Thanks though. On a side note I 3d printed some railblaza stuff and it's better than expected. For the star port I did 30% infill for the body and 100% for the sliding thing locking mechanism. I need to get around to making a love bait tube and a flag and then printing a live bait tub or just a storage tub for the hatch. Where would you put your fish finder battery? I plan to put it in the back hatch so its out of the way. Thanks again

I decided to upgrade to a hobie revo 13, it has come with a bunch of star port mounts. I plan to take this offshore but have come to the conclusion, i need more rod holders. Im in the process of getting some to go on the gunnel but the question is how many. I have my transducer and fish finder on the gunnel, I have 2 gholds for horizontal rod storage during launch and re entry, so i have the ports which i can swap to rod holder. My main question is, should i make like rocket launcher holders and have like 4 rod holder, -1 for the net. this would be installed into the existing flush mounts, or should I use a crate or a bullhorn rod holder (beccomes a problem with outriggers but yeah). ant advice would be great. Any other mods I should think about, this will be primarily use offshore but sometimes in esturarys. the front hatch has been moded to seal even better, ive lubed the 8' hatches so they close properly now. Ive turned the centre hatch around to face the seat so its easier to access and find things, theres a bar at the front, bolted and sealed which allows the kayak to be towed. plenty of leash clips. Im also looking at fish storage options, right now looking at a fish bag as eskys are out of the question. But finding the bags are pretty pricey so looking for other options or if anyone knows of a cheaper one please let me know. Another thing, I need a plastic welder near dural if anyone knows of any, would be great.

Is there a way to fix a worn through keel?

Whiting heads to sorry forgot to mention that. Or chunks of whiting. King heads are a nice shark bait to 👍

I heard of salmon heads for snapper. I use bonito heads for small sharks and jewfish.